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Cap`o*niere" (?), n. [F. caponniŔre, fr. Sp. caponera, orig., a cage for fattening capons, hence, a place of refuge; cf. It. capponiera. See Capon.] (Fort.) A work made across or in the ditch, to protect it from the enemy, or to serve as a covered passageway.

Ca"pon*ize (?), v. t. To castrate, as a fowl.

Ca*pot" (?), n. [F.] A winning of all the tricks at the game of piquet. It counts for forty points. Hoyle.

Ca*pot", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Capotted.] To win all the tricks from, in playing at piquet.

Ca*pote" (?), n. [Sp. capote (cf. F. capote.), fr. LL. capa cape, cloak. See Cap.] A long cloak or overcoat, especially one with a hood.

Ca*pouch" (?), n. & v. t. Same as Capoch.

Cap"pa*dine (?), n. A floss or waste obtained from the cocoon after the silk has been reeled off, used for shag.

Cap"pa`per (?), See cap, n., also Paper, n.

Cap"peak` (?), n. The front piece of a cap; -- now more commonly called visor.

||Cap*pel"la (?), n. See A cappella.

Cap"per (?), n. 1. One whose business is to make or sell caps.

2. A by-bidder; a decoy for gamblers. [Slang, U. S.]

3. An instrument for applying a percussion cap to a gun or cartridge.

Cap"ping plane` (?). (Join.) A plane used for working the upper surface of staircase rails.

||Ca"pra (?), n. [L., a she goat.] (Zo÷l.) A genus of ruminants, including the common goat.

Cap"rate (?), n. (Chem.) A salt of capric acid.

Cap"re*o*late (?), a. [L. capreolus wild goat, tendril, fr. caper goat: cf. F. caprÚolÚ.] (Bot.) Having a tendril or tendrils.

Cap"re*o*line (?), a. [L. capreolus wild goat, fr. caper goat.] (Zo÷l.) Of or pertaining to the roebuck.

Cap"ric (?), a. [L. caper goat.] (Chem.) Of or pertaining to capric acid or its derivatives.

Capric acid, C9H19.CO2H, Caprylic acid, C7H15.CO2H, and Caproic acid, C5H11.CO2H, are fatty acids occurring in small quantities in butter, cocoanut oil, etc., united with glycerin; they are colorless oils, or white crystalline solids, of an unpleasant odor like that of goats or sweat.

||Ca*pric"cio (k&adot;*prēt"ch&osl;), n. [It. See Caprice.] 1. (Mus.) A piece in a free form, with frequent digressions from the theme; a fantasia; -- often called caprice.

2. A caprice; a freak; a fancy. Shak.

||Ca*pric*cio"so (k&adot;*prēt*chō"s&osl;), a. [It.] (Mus) In a free, fantastic style.

Ca*price" (k&adot;*prēs"), n. [F. caprice, It. capriccio, caprice (perh. orig. a fantastical goat leap), fr. L. caper, capra, goat. Cf Capriole, Cab, Caper, v. i.] 1. An abrupt change in feeling, opinion, or action, proceeding from some whim or fancy; a freak; a notion. "Caprices of appetite." W. Irving.

2. (Mus.) See Capriccio.

Syn. -- Freak; whim; crotchet; fancy; vagary; humor; whimsey; fickleness.

Ca*pri"cious (k&adot;*pr&ibreve;sh"ŭs), a. [Cf. F. capricieux, It. capriccioso.] Governed or characterized by caprice; apt to change suddenly; freakish; whimsical; changeable. "Capricious poet." Shak. "Capricious humor." Hugh Miller.

A capricious partiality to the Romish practices. Hallam.